Henby auguste chalvin



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H. A. GHALVIN.

BOTTLE.

Patented Deo. 9. 1884.

UNrrEE STATES MET y 1;. Eric.

HENRY AUGUSTE OHALVIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO COOK St BERNHEIMER, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,950, dated December 9, 18,84.

Application tiled June 26, 1884.

fo all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY AUGUSTE CHAL- VIN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in bottling liquids, especially cor-dials or liquids containing a large percentage of sugar, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to place within the bottle containing the cordial or liquor a sprig or spray of a tree or shrub, or a bunch of grasses, and so attach or secure the same that it assumes the position and appearance of a small tree, upon which the crystals of sugar in the liquid will be deposited, so as to have the appearance of snow or frost.

In the drawing I have shown a side view of a bottle with a portion of the side removed, for the purpose of showing the arrangement ofthe tree Within it. The manner in which this sprig is placed Within the bottle is as follows: Before the bottle is filled a hole is drilled through the glass composing it, preferably at the center of its bottom, as at a. A sprig or spray ofa tree or shrub is then selected, or a number of sprigs, or preferably grasses, may be bunched together and tied. In selecting this sprig or bunch of sprigs or grasses I prefer to use something supposed to have medicinal properties, although this is not essential, providing that the character is such as not to injure the contents of the bottle when filled, or give it a bad flavor. For this purpose I have generally used some ofthe grasses Vcalled by botanists Festuca. The stem ofthe sprig is slightly sharpened, so as to make it `iind ready entrance into the hole drilled through the glass ofthe bottle. Then a wire is attached to the stein, sufficiently long to extend into the mouth of the bottle,and out through the hole drilled through the glass. By passing this Wire in that Way through the bottle and grasping the end which projects beyond the hole drilled in the glass the sprig is drawn down through the neck of the bottlc and through the body thereof until its (No model.)

stem, to which the wire is attached, is drawn into the hole drilled through the glass. If drawn tightly into this hole the stem of the sprig will form a plug to prevent the escape of the liquid, and at the same time will hold the tree iirm in any position desired, no matter What may be the position in which the bottle is held.

The position in which I prefer to secure the sprig or spray is shown in the drawing, because then it presents the appearance of a small tree standing at the center of the bottom of the bottle. In case the stem does not fully close the hole drilled in the bottle, a plug may be inserted from the outside for that purpose, or a plastic material may be used. After the sprig has been placed in the bottle as above described, the bottle is then filled with some liquor which abounds in sugar-as, for instance, rock and rye or a cordialand which is in a heated condition, so as to keep the sugar crystals iu solution While hot. The liquor at the time the bottle is filled should `be in such condition that the sugar is practically all in solution or suspension. After the bottle has been allowed to stand for some time the liquor will become cool andthe crystals of sugar will be deposited, some of them falling to the bottom around the stem of the sprig, as at b, and there forming a bed which has the appearance of snow. Others will deposit themselves upon the leaves or twigs of the sprig, and give it the appearance of a tree covered with frost or snow. bottle of Wine may be sold as an article of manufacture, and the sprig Within it greatly adds to its attractiveness and salability.

I claim- As an article of manufacture, a bottle containing a sprig secured Within it by having its end inserted through a hole in the glass, substantially as described.

HENRY AUGUSTE OI-IALVIN.

Vitnesses:

T. J. KEANE, DANIEL H. DRIscoLL.

In this condition the' 

